How to do Rolecheck / Update DSC in MCA

Role
Check / Registering Digital Signature MCA21

What
is Role Check?

It is a functionality
available in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) portal (www.mca.gov.in/MCA21) which
allows Directors, Manager and Secretary of any Company and practicing
professionals like CA, CS & CWA to register their Digital Signature with
MCA

Why
to do Role Check?

Role check or registering the digital signature certificate with MCA enables the Indian Companies to sign the forms, which are required to be filed (through online MCA 21 platform) as an application to the respective Register of Companies(ROC) / Central Govt. in relation to various requirements under Indian Corporate Laws.A authorised person who is having a DSC, but who has not register it with MCA, though he will be able to sign the e-forms but will not be able to submit the same.

What is the importance of Rolecheck?

Through Role check functionality MCA21 verifies the credentials of the person(s) who are going to sign the eforms on behalf of the company and of the practising professional who will certify those eforms.

Requirements
before going for Role Check

The basic requirement of rolecheck is a DSC i.e. Digital signature which has validity period (not expired on the date of rolecheck) of the person who wants to register the DSC with MCA.

Then choose your option at
the left hand panel of the screen, click either on Director or Manager
/Secretary or Practising Professional as per your choice of interest.

The screens will come
something like this:

If you choose for "Director" :-

If you choose for "Manager / Secretary" :-

If you choose for "Practising Professional" :-

Fill in the necessary details and then click on the "select certificate" to choose the DSC to be registered for which the details are filled in and then click on the "submit" button.

The acknowledgement message will come for a successful rolecheck.

If you want to ensure whether the DSC is updated or not. Then go to the view signatory details option (available at mca site) for any one of the companies in which the Director / Manager / Secretary (for which DSC registered) is currently working and you will be able to see the status of the DSC.